How to use it
How Journalists Get Started
No setup wizard and no workspace to design first. Six steps, about ten minutes, and most journalists are writing before the end of the first one.
01
Download and open it
No account, no setup wizard, no workspace to design first. Choose where your notes live and start typing.
02
Bring your old notes across
Import from Apple Notes, point Grape at a folder of Markdown files, or drag in the PDFs you keep reopening.
03
Put everything in one place
Type, paste, record, attach. Folders and tags are there when you want them and out of the way when you do not.
04
Ask instead of scrolling
Open the agent and ask a question about your own notes. The answer comes back with the note it came from.
05
Turn notes into the thing you needed
A summary, a deck of flashcards, a quiz, a mind map, or a clean export to send to somebody else.
06
Put it on your other devices
Turn on sync and the same library shows up on your phone, while each device keeps its own daily backup.
In practice
What that looks like for journalists
A few moments in a normal week where the app earns its place.
In the field
Record, tag the note with the story slug, and move on to the next call.
Back at the desk
Read the transcript, mark the usable quotes and draft in the same note.
Six months later
Search the archive by what happened rather than what you named the file.
Help center
Short Guides for Getting Set Up
Installing, importing, turning on the AI, syncing and backing up, in a few minutes each.
2 min read
Draw inside a note
The drawing canvas for diagrams and sketches, and where to find it on each platform.
Read the guide
2 min read
Sign in and sign out
When you need an account, how signing in works, and what sign out does with local notes.
Read the guide
2 min read
Manage your subscription
Change or cancel your plan, and restore a purchase on a new phone.
Read the guide
Download
Pick Your Machine and Start Writing
Free, no account, and the same library on every device you install it on.
macOS
Desktop app, version 0.24.0
Windows
Installer, version 0.24.0
Linux
Debian package, version 0.24.0
iPhone
TestFlight beta, version 0.24.0
Android
Google Play, version 0.24.0
Moving in from another app
Import your Apple Notes on the first run, or restore a backup from another computer. Both live in settings.
Step One Takes a Minute
Install Grape, choose where your notes live, and start typing.